Research Article

Preparation of Colloidal Dispersions of Graphene Sheets in Organic Solvents by Using Ball Milling

Table 1

Fraction of graphene remaining after centrifugation.

SolventSurface tension (mJ m-2)Remaining after 4000 r.p.m. of centrifugation
Concentration ( 𝜇 g/ml)wt% remaining

NMP4188.935.56
TMU34.788.2835.31
DMF35.296.6738.67
THF26.476.0330.41
Acetone23.766.626.64
Ethanol22.2710.324.128
Formamide58.353.671.468